Shloka 10
Dama-pradhāna-dharma (Self-restraint as the Root of Dharma) — Śānti-parva 154
गृहीत्वा ये च गच्छन्ति ये न यान्ति च तान् मृतान् । तेडप्यायुष: प्रमाणेन स्वेन गच्छन्ति जन्तव:,“जो लोग अपने मृतक सम्बन्धियोंको लेकर श्मशानमें जाते हैं, और जो नहीं जाते हैं, वे सभी जीव-जन्तु अपनी आयु पूरी होनेपर इस संसारसे चल बसते हैं
gṛhītvā ye ca gacchanti ye na yānti ca tān mṛtān | te 'pi āyuṣaḥ pramāṇena svena gacchanti jantavaḥ ||
ビーシュマは語った。「死んだ親族を担いで火葬場へ行く者も、行かぬ者も—まことにすべての生きものは、自らの寿命の量が満ちたとき、この世を去る。ゆえに、儀礼に参ずるか否かで死は避けられぬ。各々は定められた時に従って去るのだ。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Death comes to all beings according to the fixed measure of their own lifespan; external circumstances—such as whether one attends funeral rites—do not alter the inevitability of departure when one’s allotted time is complete.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and life’s realities, Bhīṣma teaches a reflective point about mortality: people may or may not go to the cremation-ground with the dead, but ultimately every creature leaves the world when its lifespan reaches its limit.